Singapore Monitor, 21 March 1985, Afternoon Edition
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Title Section18 1985-03-21 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVENING EDITION M C (P) No 21 5 84 Thursday, March 21, 1985 30 cents18 words
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Article, Illustration402 1985-03-21 1 LOONG SWEE YIN - Review in store if drivers' incomes don't go up ■y LOONG SWEE YIN TAXI FARES will be reviewed if drivers do not enjoy higher incomes with the new fares announced in the Budget, Parliament was told today. The Communications Minister, Dr Yeo Ning402 words
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246 1985-03-21 1 ROBERT CONCEICAO - By ROBERT CONCEICAO THE Communications Minister was urged today to give taxi drivers and companies a say in future fixing of fares. The Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs), Mr Chin Harn Tong, who is also the adviser and director246 words
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Advertisement27 1985-03-21 1 SH ALL-ENGLAND LATEST fl Frost and Han Jian head lf| for a semifinal showdown See Page 29 TV GUIDE: PlB TV HIGHLIGHTS: Pl 9 FILM GUIDE: P2O27 words
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216 1985-03-21 2 A TOTAL of 381 cases has- been referred to the Small Claims Tribunal Court since it came into operation on Feb 1. Cases concerning the sales of goods numbered 139, provision of services 235 and others seven. All claims filed in216 words
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737 1985-03-21 2 IRKED BY Mr Teh Cheang Wan's statement in Parliament today that People's Action Party-held constituencies would be served first in terms of normal maintenance, Mr J B Jeyaretnam threatened to get his Anson constituents to stop paying their coniservancy charges. "You can737 words
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Article, Illustration271 1985-03-21 2 EE BOON LEE; YONG POW ANG; LOONG SWEE YIN - IN PARLIAMENT Reports by EE BOON LEE YONG POW ANG and LOONG SWEE YIN MR TEH CHEANG WAN, Minister for National Development, took to the floor in Parliament today to deal with queries from Members. BIG FAMILIES MAY APPLY FOR TWO FLATS Mr271 words
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Article151 1985-03-21 2 A DISTRICT court heard today of how a father of eight married for a second time after a tour to Thailand. He is still married to his first wife. Ng Gim Huat, 44, a taxi driver, went for a tour of Thailand in 1979151 words
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Article271 1985-03-21 3 ANG PENG HWA - By ANG PENG HWA A COMMITTEE has been set up to standardise building specifications in an effort to eliminate poor workmanship and shoddy work. The president of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, Mr Farok Majeed, said today that the institute had formed a271 words
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Article287 1985-03-21 3 A SALES team from the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has succeeded in persuading American travel agents to launch a Singapore tour, incorporating a four-night stay in the Republic. A total of 51 major tour agents attended the board's meetings helain both New York and Los287 words
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119 1985-03-21 3 SURESH NAIR - By SURESH NAIR CLOCKS and watches valued at $18,000 went missing from a delivery van while being delivered to clients yesterday. Police said a 22-year-old sales assistant said he collected the merchandise from the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) warehouse at Pasir Panjang at119 words
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Article66 1985-03-21 3 DIVERSION of electricity cables will be carried out along Commonwealth Avenue West between Dover Avenue and Clementi Road on March 22. The diversion is to allow construction work on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) to be carried out and is expected to end on July 1.66 words
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Article, Illustration226 1985-03-21 4 Lianhe Zaobao THE HOUSING and Development Board will start repairing sunken areas in Farrer Road estate at the end of this month. The project involves car parks 1, 2 and 3 in the vicinity of blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4 ofLianhe Zaobao - 226 words
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209 1985-03-21 4 THE SAFETY Driving Training Centre in Ang Mo Kio will open in April, and first in line is a car driving course that will cost about $600 per person. This is expected to be followed by a motorcycle riding course in July209 words
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Article, Illustration119 1985-03-21 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS FOUR MENTALLY retarded boys climbed Mount Opbir (1,287 m) last weekend. Now tney are looking to their next conquest, Mount Kinabalu (4,101 m). Picture above shows the children with a volunteer and their teachers. They are (from left119 words
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Article95 1985-03-21 4 A FAST-FOOD restaurant wants its customers to stop smoking and will offer them mints instead. Smokers at Burger King in Peninsula Plaza will be asked to snuff out Iheir cigarettes from April I. Mr Y P Loke, Burger King's executive director, said yesterday that if the move95 words
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Article, Illustration125 1985-03-21 4 TWO BIG commercial complexes planned in the centre of Bukit Timab will change the face of a district formerly dominated by shophouses and kampungs but ft may be several years before they are built. The buildings will eventually rise on the site of the old Beauty125 words
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144 1985-03-21 4 IRENE TOH - By IRENE TOH A BUSINESSMAN tried to fool a policeman by passing himself off as a police inspector. The man, Tan See Jooi, 35, was stopped by the policeman, Mr Martin de Rosario, in High Street at about 2.04 am on Feb 27 for144 words
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Article552 1985-03-21 6 IRENE TOH - By IRENE TOH THE PRICES of ducks are likely to go up within two months because of an expected shortage of supply from Malaysia. Local farmers, who have been supplying their Malaysian counterparts with ducklings and re-importing the birds for sale in Singapore552 words
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Article249 1985-03-21 6 THE SINGAPORE Aerospace Maintenance Co (Samco] has won its fifth major contract in the face of keen international competition. This time, it is for the servicing of C-ISO Hercules transport aircraft of tne United States Navy. The latest issue of SAI News, an in-house Eublication249 words
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Advertisement153 1985-03-21 6 A GREAT DEAL MORE WITH BORNEO MOTORS. MORE SHOWROOMS MORE PARIS Wide range of Toyota ••jjJK' "|L" The vast Parts Centre at models including the popular West Coast stocks thousands of Starlet are on view at our eight It inexpensive genuine Toyota conveniently located showrooms. \y% parts which will keep153 words
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Article298 1985-03-21 7 Australian newspaper magnate buys half of company that owns 20th Century Fox Reuter NEW YORK, Thursday AUSTRALIAN newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch has made a major foray into the film business by buying a 50 per cent interest in the company that owns Hollywood's struggling 20th CenturyReuter - 298 words
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298 1985-03-21 7 Reuter BEMINQ, Thursday CHINA has drastically raised its state purchase price for gold in a bid to raise output and stop smuggling, the China Daily reported. The newspaper said the state would now buy gold from domestic producers at 696.64 yuanReuter - 298 words
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166 1985-03-21 7 AP BEIJING, Thursday WORK HAS started on China's first horse racetrack, the first to be built after 1949. It will be a 7,000-seat staterun park named after the 11th-century Mongolian conqueror Kublai Khan, the official news agency Xinhua said yesterday. "It will beAP - 166 words
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247 1985-03-21 7 UPI WASHINGTON, Thursday PANDAS LING-LING and HsingHsing frolicked yesterday on the first day of spring but National Zoo scientists said America's famous animal lovers failed to show any interest in sex. For the past three years, the rolypoly couple mated around St Patrick'sUPI - 247 words
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Article43 1985-03-21 7 AP UMA, Thursday POLICE clubbed a striker to death yesterday in new violence as the government threatened to call a nationwide state of emergency in the midst of Peru's election campaign because of political agitation" by 400,000 striking workers. APAP - 43 words
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131 1985-03-21 8 Reuter NEW DELHI, Thursday AN INDIAN family planning campaign aims to sterilise 12 people a minute over the next 10 weeks, the government said yesterday. It said the campaign, which started yesterday, aimed to sterilise 1.2 million people,Reuter - 131 words
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447 1985-03-21 8 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday AMERICAN economic aid for the noncommunist resistance movement in Cambodia was recommended by a Congressional panel yesterday over the warnings of critics that the move ignores the "lessons of Vietnam". The House of Representatives AsiaPacific Sub-committee voted 6-3AP - 447 words
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288 1985-03-21 8 Reuter ROTTERDAM, Thurs A ROTTERDAM court yesterday dismissed a case against a doctor who ended the life of a patient suffering from liver cancer. The case was the first since a Dutch Supreme Court ruling last November that medical ethics as well asReuter - 288 words
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115 1985-03-21 8 AP BEIRUT, Thursday LIBYAN leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi lashed out at moderate Arab leaders in an interview published here yesterday and vowed to launch a "terrorist" campaign against those who follow American policies. Col Gaddafi also said in the interview in the leftistAP - 115 words
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Article, Illustration439 1985-03-21 10 AP VIENNA, Thursday FOREIGNERS who fled Teheran this week say there is a shortage of bomb shelters to hide from Iraqi air raids, but no lack of food, medicine and clothes for those who can pay. "We were surprised how easyAP; PICTURE: REUTER - 439 words
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Article74 1985-03-21 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS PRESIDENT Reagan yesterday nominated US Trade representative Bill Brock as Labour Secretary, saying anyone seasoned by world trade disputes could handle the administration's sticky relations with organised labour. Mr Brock, 54, has served as the administration's trade trouble-shooter since 198174 words
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Article, Illustration70 1985-03-21 10 PRESIDENT Reagan gets US$2OO,OOO 8452,000) a year, plus free room and board, it his ex-wife, Jane Wyman (above), is doing considerably better, according to a People magazine celebrity salary survey. Tne survey said Wyman brings in US|l.6 million (553.6 million) a year for her performances on70 words
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Article82 1985-03-21 10 THE WASHINGTON Independent Writers group will celebrate its 10th anniversary by auctioning off some unique items. The group, which has 2,000 members, is offering a lunch with Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, a year's worth of free manicures from Robin Weir, Mrs Nancy Reagan's hairdresser,82 words
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Article100 1985-03-21 10 ACTOR Lorenzo. Lamas, star of television's soap opera Falcon Crest, has filed for divorce from his wife. Lamas and his wife, Michele Smith Lamas, both cited irreconcilable differences in court documents filed in Los Angeles as the reason for breaking up their marriage of one year100 words
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Article, Illustration102 1985-03-21 10 THEY are both first-rank film farceurs and leading dramatic actors. But Jack Lemmon, 60, and Marcello Mastroianni, also 60 (both above), never worked together until they did Maccheroni, an Italian film due out later this year about an American and an Italian who cross paths in102 words
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336 1985-03-21 11 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES, Thursday THE Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe into the Daly City murder of Chinese-American writer Henry Liu has intensified in recent weeks as Federal authorities look into possible links between Liu's killers and high Taiwan Government officials. In addition,LAT-WP - 336 words
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101 1985-03-21 11 AP BADEN-BADEN (West Germany), Thurs THE BADEN-BADEN public prosecutor filed robbery charges yesterday against a former Free Democrat Parliamentarian who allegedly stole millions of marks worth of gems from a jewellery store and pistol-whipped two witnesses. Hans-Otto Scholl, 52, was charged with robbery andAP - 101 words
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Article155 1985-03-21 11 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT REAGAN'S campaign to build 21 more MX nuclear missiles suffered a setback yesterday when the House of Representatives ApproE nations Committee voted narrowly against a 'Sf 1.5 billion (553.3 billion) funding resolution. The committee's 28-26 vote underscored serious opposition in theReuter - 155 words
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224 1985-03-21 11 LAT-WP HANOI, Thursday VIETNAM turned over the remains of five persons believed to be American servicemen missing in action during the Vietnam War to US officials yesterday. The remains were handed over at Hanoi's Gia Lam. Airport to a US team headedLAT-WP - 224 words
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Advertisement197 1985-03-21 7 I If w B 19 w jg never make centrestege. ggf Our troupe of 10 Chinese culinary experts, headed by Chef Tang go WHI r Jj into action long before the stage lights up at S.E. Asia's laigest theatre restaurant. jffi? jy They start early, getting The Neptune's popular dian197 words
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Advertisement253 1985-03-21 8 Q* Wliere can you a goodbusiness deal' on your next businenH trip to Kuala Lumpur? A Sta\ at Holiday Inn On The Park Fur the best deals in n>wn Holiday Inn is the place to he. And our Biz Pack shows you how you can heat the hijjh ci>st of253 words
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Advertisement94 1985-03-21 9 CompuHn wd Cownuntc^ioni Announcing the opening of a new era in office productivity. The newest member of NEC's global family, NEC Business Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. supplies businesses with key telephones, facsimiles and PABX's from NEC, the world leader in integrating Computers and Communications. C&C business systems is from the94 words
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Advertisement229 1985-03-21 10 Hotel meridien Singapore. I'OOLSIDE RENDEZVOUS. BiiPßi Am \mwY SUNSET BARBEQUE AND FASHION SHOWS Between 7 and 10 pm. on Fridays, the spotlight's on our Barbeque. Feast on juicy airflown meat and a fresh seafood selection grilled beside the pool, complemented by a superb salad spread. Round off with a luscious229 words
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Advertisement121 1985-03-21 11 Happiness is...the finest kitchen appliances, Yours on easy payment I O Happiness Re Ltd I brings to you I SB M range of imported kitchen I 2S-—appliances that lexcel m style, I performance I and durability. And now the new I Happy I Homemakers' r Scheme"means you can own these121 words
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Article494 1985-03-21 12 ANG PENG HWA - A 200,000-ounce order was spur to US$5O rise in two days, bullion dealers say By ANG PENG HWA THE DRAMATIC surge in gold prices by US$5O (Ssll3) in the last two days was sparked off by a large buy-order from the Middle East, according to some494 words
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408 1985-03-21 12 UPI COLUMBUS, Ohio, Thursday THE first of Ohio's closed state-chartered savings and loan associations will reopen on Thursday or Friday, a state official said yesterday. Thomas Batties, head of the Commerce Department's division of savings and loan associations, also told reporters heUPI - 408 words
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334 1985-03-21 12 ASSOCIATED Bus Services' stake in Singapore Bus Service (1978) has been reduced to 4.65 E;r cent from 5.22 per cent folwing the disposal of 351,000 SBS shares. The sale price ranged from $2.22 to $2.25. Mr Tan Kong Eng, SBS's334 words
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Article99 1985-03-21 12 THE SINGAPORE International Monetary Exchange (Simex) said it removed daily price change limits for the mark and yen futures contracts, effective immediately. Daily price limits remain tor gold and Eurodollar futures, a Simex circular to members said. Currency contract price movements were limited to a99 words
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129 1985-03-21 13 WHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stock prices fell yesterday, weighed down by estimates that US car makers would earn less In the first quarter of 1985 than was expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 5.85 points to close at 1265.24. Declining issuesReuter - 129 words
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Article42 1985-03-21 13 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 421.24, down 1.27 points from the previous day's close of 422.51. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was up 0.2225 point to 133.7773 .in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.5548.42 words
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Article184 1985-03-21 13 Reuter THE US dollar eased slightly against most major currencies from New York levels in very quiet trading, due to lack of interest. It eased to an early 256.85/257.00 yen from New York's 257.15/30 close and to 3.2600/30 marks from 3.2630/60 in the US. It also easedReuter - 184 words
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Article244 1985-03-21 13 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone: slightly lower Boustead 1.69/1.70 Cold Storage 2.67/2.70 F N 5 25/5 30 Getting 5.65/5.70 Gih 2.18/2.22 Haw Par 2.35/2.36 Isetan 2.48 S Jurong Cement 1.90/1.97 Keck Seng 2.18/2.20 Esso 2.68/2.69 Hume 3.20/3.30 Inchcape 2.42/2.43 Intraco 2.10/2.20 M Cement 1.46/1.47 Metro 3.46/3.48 Mphb 0.95*/0.96244 words
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Article103 1985-03-21 13 Your 8$ to on* unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US* 2.2570 2.2470 2.2380 sterling 2.5930 2.5710 2.5610 Australian 1.5704 1.5463 1.5313 Canadian 1.6508 1.6308 1.6208 New Zealand 1.0347 1.0146 0.9896 CURRENCY NOTES SS to 1 unit US* 2.26 2.24 NZ$ 1.06 1.00 sterling 2.60 2.52103 words
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220 1985-03-21 13 THE LOCAL bourse opened quietly and cautiously, with trading volume in the morning session one of the lowest in the last month. At lunch break, prices eased slightly and closed mixed. Top gainers Khong Guan Flour and Hwa Hong were each up six220 words
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184 1985-03-21 14 MILTON TAN - MILTON TAN President Automobile Association of Singapore I REFER to the letter "Why no consultation over petrol price increase?" which appeared in The Singapore Monitor (Mar, 19) and agree with the writer that all I could utter on TV was only a184 words
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83 1985-03-21 14 MAY I know when the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will televise the second season of "V". Does it know that the new season of this top science fiction series will be televised by our competitor TVS very soon, some time in April? As83 words
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108 1985-03-21 14 I READ with interest, and growing concern, the plight of people trapped in lifts whenever there is a power failure. May I suggest that we re-introduce the good old-fashioned, tried-and-tested lifts with collapsible iron gates. Such gates have twin advantages. First, there is no108 words
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226 1985-03-21 14 G C SOH - G C SOH Singapore 0617 I REFEJt to the letter by Miss Ang Poh Inn, public relations officer of the Ministry of Labour (SM, Mar 15). If only the wage, and nothing else, was expressly agreed upon between an employer and a maid226 words
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174 1985-03-21 14 I THINK the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) takes the phrase "a cashless society" too much to heart. It seems determined to help us keep our cash intact. On Mar 17 this year, at 9 am (Sunday), I needed money174 words
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177 1985-03-21 14 I REFER to the letter "Advertisements give very bad impression of health centres" by Mr Casey Goh (SM, Mar 2). I fully endorse his view that immediate steps jpust be taken by the relevant authorities to clamp down on the so-called177 words
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Article60 1985-03-21 14 "A DRIVER who can't reverse is no driver. A government that can't turn back is no government." Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov on his being the longest serving leader in the Soviet bloc "FOR a military regime it's damned easy to take over; but for a military regime to hand60 words
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Article454 1985-03-21 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE SYNDROME of over-dependence, some call it. Others say the Government has become too much of a nanny to the people. It means more or less the same thing. In some views, especially those of the young, the strong hand of454 words
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103 1985-03-21 15 JEANNE TAY (MISS - REPLY JEANNE TAY (MISS) Public Relations Officer Singapore Broadcasting Corporation I REFER to the letter "Hanyu Pinvin blocks object of SBC serial" from "LKL" (SM, Feb 27). The names of the drama artistes are given in Chinese characters when the end credits103 words
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189 1985-03-21 15 I HAVE the unenviable task of running my own business for the past three years and I have been contributing to the Skills Development Fund (SDF). My company is small and hence the average wage falls below $750. Sad to say, though, the189 words
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301 1985-03-21 15 ROSEMARY CHEN - ROSEMARY CHEN Singapore 1025 Dear Mr Reagan and Mr Hawke, I may be small but down in New Zealand, we believe in quality, not quantity. We don't impose out standards on you, or criticise your lifestyle except when you visit our country.301 words
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Article79 1985-03-21 15 DURING the recent budget presentation, Dr Tony Tan, the Minister of Finance, announced that those civil servants who retire or die before Dec 31 will be given their pro-rated 13th month non-pensionable annual allowance. What about those officers who are on contract and their contracts79 words
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758 1985-03-21 16 Time Magazine HARRY BELAFONTE remembers seeing a television film of an Australian doctor working in Ethiopia, caring for a starving child and surrounded by thousands of others. The doctor said, "I do what I can and take it one atTime Magazine - 758 words
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Article, Illustration503 1985-03-21 16 Dith Pran returns to the killing fields of Cambodia every night Daily Mail LONDON: Dith Pran left the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards ceremony early this month, returned to the luxury of the Grosvenor House Hotel, fell asleep and found himself where he alwaysDaily Mail - 503 words
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Article, Illustration239 1985-03-21 16 AP LONDON: Boy George says he will never marry, become a father or settle down because he is "too eccentric." The effeminate-looking singer, who became a star with his group Culture Club by appearing in outrageous dresses and tresses, was quotedAP - 239 words
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Article, Illustration798 1985-03-21 16 WONG AH YOKE - By WONG AH YOKE AEROBICS may be just the latest exercise fad for some, but for those who see it as part of their lifestyle, it presents a challenge to be creative as well. That is the spirit in which Castle's National Aerobics Championship is798 words
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Article, Illustration575 1985-03-21 18 Vmm Thursday Feature Special The Boys from Brazil (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5,10.35 pm) DE JOSEF MENGELE (played by Gregory Peck), a Nazi war criminal and once Hitler's doctor, arrives in Brazil to plan a Fourth Reich. He is known for his notorious biological experiments in575 words
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Miscellaneous1134 1985-03-21 17 Bllipg I 3.00 followed by The "TIT wheel, providing a serious threat to the trairuaSrying the V 4 Wm^' 5.45 360 D Baltic Sea II world's first legal document on muttinatfonal environobliges all the coastal states to maintain the Baltic marine 10.35 Thursday Feature Special: The Boys from Brazil (ChinSee1,134 words
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Miscellaneous182 1985-03-21 17 I Noon Newsdesk 12.30 International Soccer Special 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 Peebles Choice 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Nature Notebook 2.40 The Farming World 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Short Takes 3.45 Network UK182 words
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Miscellaneous479 1985-03-21 19 AEROBICS CHAMPIONSHIP completed entry forms to the Victoria THE final of the Castle s National Aer- Theatre Main, tfar, EmpressiPlace by obics Championship will be held at the fc ivaTiawS at ali Mandarin illroom, Mandarin Hotel, 'TfhArnßrvllllnth* Nan on Saturday at 7.30pm. STjSJLS? UOB.Group the NanTickets at $50 (inclusive of479 words
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Miscellaneous533 1985-03-21 20 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to AprU 20 LIBRA Your position grows stronger. September 23 to October 22 Refuse to be intimidated and Stress on individuality, indedon't give up something for pendence, and the ability to nothing. You will win friends imprint your style. A break by taking the initiative.533 words
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Miscellaneous161 1985-03-21 20 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook V THU.t'£ A M* Tfc*u.»s, THCftf<s A f 506. IH BOSiMfcfrfTX PWITH I MOIi£V A PRoftifcHA f MoUfV 1 A PW>6LfIK (OfTH Trt£ I "IBfcßfc ARE Mo Puf&HA&tM(r M£uJ VAT IT/ J WITH THE VAT «T/ I fcMPlWtt*/THfVRfc J V Calcic 7 DR SMOCK By George161 words
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Article, Illustration458 1985-03-21 21 IRVING STONE - 'Poxa, time ot(ioufilUc Tel! 7^***** By IRVING STONE THE NEED for travel is born into many of us, occurring not too far down the instinctual ladder from our yearning for love and meaningful work. This longing to see the world is a creative urge the desire to458 words
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Article685 1985-03-21 21 Living for three years in Italy in Florence, Siena, Carrara and Rome for the story of Michelangelo ("The agony and the ecstasy") was probably the greatest travel adventure of our professional lives. It was the first time we had divested ourselves of our identities to685 words
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Article81 1985-03-21 21 PAKISTAN is celebrating its 38th National Day on Saturday. Mr Tasneem Noorani, the Charge d'Affaires of Pakistan, will be holding a reception at the Pinetree Club from 6.30 pm to 8 pm on that day. Guests will include the Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office) Dr Wan81 words
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Advertisement75 1985-03-21 21 Time of Departure S'pore: 09 00 hrs Hatam: 09 30 hrs (\MB) 13 00 hrs 13 30 hrs (W1B) 16 30 hrs 17 00 hrs (WIB) W i Show You Other Worlds every place has charm Cipanas/ Bandung Dep: Thu and many a more places. > /5\ NTUC Travel Services75 words
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Advertisement62 1985-03-21 22 With Deepest Sympathies I Condolences I to our Director, I Mr Lee Hee Seng I on the demise of his I beloved mother I Mdm Seah Meow Cheng I who passed away peacefully I on 19 March 1985 I From: I Chairman Board of Directors, I Management Staff, I The62 words
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381 1985-03-21 23 MANAGEMENT Personal Services, a company in International Plaza, Is offering a number of management training programmes. These include the Professional Executive Programme, and courses on financial and accounting analysis and the fundamentals of law. A Management Personal Services spokesman said that these are on-going programmes381 words
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Article115 1985-03-21 23 A SINGAPORE student recently scored top marks in the world-wide Marketing Diploma examinations conducted by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr Terence Lim Tian Chye, 36, studied three subjects salesmanship, marketing and public relations for the diploma course. He studied part-time in the Lek115 words
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Article86 1985-03-21 23 STUDENTS who have completed the General Certificate of Education "O" level examination can further their studies In business and commerce courses through the Systematic Commercial Training Centre in Bras Basah Complex. Those who have passed a mini* mum of one GCE "O" level subject can86 words
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139 1985-03-21 24 HOME and Personal Computers, located in #0409 Peninsula Plaza, is offering a three-hour Basic Programming Course free with every purchase of its Amstrad CPC 464 computer for $795. A spokesman for HPC said that the course, which emphasises practical usage, will save beginners139 words
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Advertisement405 1985-03-21 23 TRAINING CENTRE #05-32 (sth level). Penmsuta Plaza North Bridge Road, Singapore 0617 Tel: *****51 Our next intake of Tiff caim MPLOMA M ACCQUNTVK ft FMANCE (C Mp Af) Will commence in May 1985 This postgraduate management qualification is specially (Monad for Executive aspiring for top management position. It is highly405 words
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Advertisement278 1985-03-21 26 PEN PALS CONFIDENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS. Biodata: Palmate, Singapore Shopping Centre. #05-27, 190 Clemenceau Ave (0922). Jennifer: 339 0406. (*****8/00 A). WINSTON FRIENDSHIP CENTRE. No matter what's your age or career, Winston Friendship Centre has an answer for you. You may caN or write to us for information. 111 North Bridge, #07-26,278 words
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Advertisement182 1985-03-21 26 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 186 AND IN THE MATTER OF SCHNITZER-LEVIN SINGAPORE PTE LTD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, that the Final Meeting of the abovenamed company will be held at 65 Chulia Street. 3201/06, OCBC182 words
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Advertisement74 1985-03-21 27 I With Deepest Sympathies I I Condolences I I to our Managing Director, I I Mr Lee Hee Seng I I on the demise of his I I beloved mother I I -1 I H iSL H I Mdm Seah Meow Cheng who passed away peacefully on 19 March 198574 words
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445 1985-03-21 28 LONDON, Thursday DEFENDING champion Morten Frost of Denmark passed what could have been a perilous opening test with flying colours as the All-England badminton championships began at Wembley yesterday. The 26-year-old Danish top seed, who has won the men's title twice, dealt a445 words
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174 1985-03-21 28 THE SINGAPORE squad to the Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong Sevens rugby championships on March 30-31 will be made up of the fastest men in the game in Singapore today. Selectors nave also gone for a nice blend of experience with a touch174 words
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Article317 1985-03-21 28 Reuter MEN'S SINGLES, One Beng Teong (Malaysia) bt Mike Butler (Canada) 15-10, 15-8. Prakash Padokooe (India) bt Xkmg Guobao (China) 7-15,15-10 15-7. Icuk Sugiarto (Indonesia) bt Gary Scott (England) 15-0, 15-9. Michael KJeldsen (Denmark) bt Goran Carlaaoo (Sweden) 15-S, 12-15, 15-10, Steve Baddeley (England) bt Jan ErikReuter - 317 words
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181 1985-03-21 29 EUROPEAN CUP ATHENS, Thurs PANATHINAIKOS of Greece squeezed through to the European Cup semifinal place last night with a narrow 3-2 aggregate victory over Swedish champions Gothenburg following a 2-2 draw in their quarterfinal second leg. A 78th-minute penalty converted by Saravakos after he was181 words
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Article56 1985-03-21 29 Reuter ROME, Thursday AT LEAST 10 West German soccer fans were injured, several seriously, after they were attacked by Italian fans following Bayern Munich's European Cup Winners' Cup win over Roma yesterday, police said. Police said the West Germans were injured in individual attacks byReuter - 56 words
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Article, Illustration46 1985-03-21 29 ST MORITZ: A giant inflatable elephant on skis makes a successful start in the Third Annual St Moritz Classic. Unfortunately, the jumbo's ride ended with a spectacular crash when it skidded off the course and ploughed into spectators PICTURE: REUTERPICTURE: REUTER - 46 words
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Article, Illustration381 1985-03-21 30 Reuter COLOGNE, Thursday INTER MILAN,, playing almost the entire match with 10 men, battled their way to a remarkable 3-1 victory over Cologne to reach the UEFA Cup semifinals last night. Inter's 1-0 lead from the first leg in Italy looked decidedly thin when defenderReuter - 381 words
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199 1985-03-21 30 Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday FRENCH champions Bordeaux yesterday shrugged off the effects of their harrowing Journey to KrivoyRog to beat Dnepropetrovsk of the Soviet Union on penalties and scrape into the last four of the European Cup. Bordeaux, held 1-1 by the UkrainianReuter - 199 words
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Article185 1985-03-21 30 Reuter ROME, Thursday ROMA went out of the European Cupwinners' Cup yesterday after squandering a series of chances in their quarter-final second leg match against West Germany's Bayern Munich. The Italians, trailing 2-0 from the first leg, crashed 2-1 at home to the West GermansReuter - 185 words
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Article67 1985-03-21 30 Reuter BRUSSELS, Thursday FORMER Belgian soccer captain Eric Gerets, banned from playing by the International Football Federation (Fifa) for his part in a bribes scandal, has had his ban lifted just over a month before it was due to expire. Belgian Soccer Federation officials said their presidentReuter - 67 words
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Advertisement143 1985-03-21 28 JLr jßk 1 Mdm Seah Meow Cheng (Aged: 86) Passed away peacefully on 19 March 1985 leaving behind Son Daughter-in-law Lee Hee Seng Dorothy Tan Siew Choon Grandsons Grand Daughter-in-law Cecil Lee Gek Hian Robert Tan Siok Huat Alice Goh Song Gek Grand Daughters Grand Sons-in-law Dr Jennifer Lee Gek143 words
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Advertisement425 1985-03-21 29 I CONTEST 1 Predict the score 1 and win SZOOO j I 1) The object of the contest is to predict outright. If there are more than one cor- I correctly the scoretmes of six Malaysia rect entry, the prize-money will be I Cup matches in the boxes provided shared425 words
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164 1985-03-21 31 K SILVAM - By K SILVAM in Bandar Sari Bagawan BRUNEI has introduced stiff penalties and stringent doping control tests to weed out offenders during the Pesta Sukan Merdeka Games, which begin here on Sunday. If anyone is found with illegal drugs during the competition, the athlete's164 words
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Article, Illustration427 1985-03-21 31 Players' decision to allow Walsh to take penalty incurs boss' wrath Reuter LONDON, Thure STRIKER Paul Walsh scored two goals to help steer holders Liverpool into the semifinals of the European Cup at the expense of Austria Vienna last night, then incurred the wrath of his manager JoeReuter - 427 words
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Article161 1985-03-21 31 THE MALAYSIA Cup final on May 12 faces the possibility of being postponed until after the fasting month because of Malaysia's vital pre-World Cup match against South Korea on May 19. The Sultan of Pahang, who is the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president, had161 words
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